Vertex and Standard Form Graphing
Warm Up – Translating Quadratics Discovery Activity
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1. a.
G raph
t he
q uadratic
p arent
f unction
=
u sing
t he
F reeGraCalc
A pp.
I nsert
a
picture
o f
i t
h ere:
b.
W hat
i s
t he
v ertex
o f
t he
p arent
f unction?
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2. Graph
e ach
o f
t he
f ollowing
u sing
y our
F reeGraCalc
A pp.
W rite
t he
c oordinates
o f
t he
vertex
( double
t ap
g raph
a nd
c hoose
“ Find
m inima
a nd
m axima”
t hen
t ap
n ear
v ertex
graph).
I ndicate
i n
w hich
d irection
t he
g raph
m oved
c ompared
t o
t he
p arent
f unction
and
b y
h ow
m any
u nits.
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a.
= ( + 3)
b.
= ( − 7)
c.
=
+ 5
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d.
=
− 2
e.
= −
f.
= ( − 4)
− 3
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g.
= −( + 8)
h.
= ( + 1)
− 5
i.
= −( − 6)
+ 4
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3. Rewrite
t he
p arent
f unction
=
u sing
v ertex
f orm
= ( + ℎ)
+
s uch
t hat
t he
graph
i s
t ranslated.
T hen
g raph
a ll
3
s imultaneously
o n
F reeGraCalc
a nd
i nsert
t he
picture:
a.
R ight
3 ,
d own
6
b.
F lipped,
l eft
3
c.
U p
9 ,
r ight
5
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4. Summarize
t he
e ffects
o f
ℎ
a nd
w ithin
t he
f orm
= ( + ℎ)
+
o n
t he
g raph
o f
t he
parent
f unction.
W hat
h appens
w hen
ℎ
i s
p ositive?
W hat
h appens
w hen
ℎ
i s
n egative?
What
h appens
w hen
i s
p ositive?
W hat
h appens
w hen
i s
n egative?